Reporting specific modelling methods and metadata is essential to the reproducibility of
ecological studies, yet guidelines rarely exist regarding what information should be noted …

Biodiversity studies rely heavily on estimates of species' distributions often obtained through
ecological niche modelling. Numerous software packages exist that allow users to model …

The use of correlative ecological niche models has highly increased in the last decade.
Despite all literature and textbooks in this field, few practical guidelines exist on the correct …

Aim Ecological niche modelling requires robust estimation of model performance and
significance, but common evaluation approaches often yield biased estimates. Null models …

Ecological niche models and species distribution models are becoming important elements
in the toolkit of biogeographers and ecologists. Although burgeoning in use, much variation …

The field of ecological niche modelling or species distribution modelling has seen enormous
activity and attention in recent years, in the light of exciting biological inferences that can be …

Correlational models of species' ecological niches are commonly used to transfer model
rules onto other sets of conditions to evaluate species' distributional potential. As with any …

Ecological niches reflect not only adaptation to local circumstances but also the tendency of
related lineages to share environmental tolerances. As a result, information on phylogenetic …

Quantitative evaluations to optimize complexity have become standard for avoiding
overfitting of ecological niche models (ENMs) that estimate species' potential geographic …

Recent studies have demonstrated a need for increased rigour in building and evaluating
ecological niche models (ENM s) based on presence‐only occurrence data. Two major …